Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 13:21 -0500, Hans Deragon wrote: >> Currently, the --one-file-system applies to both the source and >> destination and this is a problem. >> >> In my source, I have a symlink pointing to a directory on another >> device which I would like to have copied. I thus use >> --copy-unsafe-links. >> >> I also use --delete. This is dangerous because if there is a bug in >> my script, I would not like the destination to become suddenly / and >> deletion occurs on mounted network drives (granted, the machine would >> be toast, but the damage would be limited to the machine; not the >> corporate network). >> >> If I make use of --one-file-system, the symlink at the source gets >> ignored. So I need a --one-file-system option that applies only to >> the destination, probably named something like >> --one-file-system-at-destination. >> >> Could that be easily implemented? The following two options would be >> nice: >> >> --one-file-system-at-source >> # Limit to one file system at the source. >> >> --one-file-system-at-destination >> # Limit to one file system at the destination. > > This is a good feature request and would be easy to implement. > > However, if the source contains only a small, fixed set of > cross-filesystem symlinks that you want to follow, a quicker solution > would be to use --relative and provide for each such symlink an > additional source argument that reaches through it, starting a new > --one-file-system traversal at its target. This approach also avoids > the need for --copy-unsafe-links. For example, if you want to copy > ~/src to ~/dest and have rsync follow a symlink ~/src/extrafiles > -> /tmp/extrafiles to obtain additional source files, you would run: > > rsync -r --relative --one-file-system \ > ~/src/./ ~/src/./extrafiles/ ~/dest/ > > Another approach is to use protect filters instead of --one-file-system > as a precaution against undesired deletions. > > Matt
Greetings Matt. Mmm. None of the solutions you presented to me would be satisfying. For the moment, a got ride of the symlinks at the source by recopying the files from the other device (have a script to update them). Not ideal, but it does the job. Thank you for the quick response. Hans Deragon -- Consultant en informatique/Software Consultant Deragon Informatique inc. http://www.deragon.biz Open source (contribution): mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://autopoweroff.sourceforge.net -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html